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All posts by Gemma Newing

A Senior Associate in the Commercial Litigation Department, the majority of Gemma’s work is in the High Court, Chancery (including Bankruptcy and Companies Courts) and Queen’s Bench Divisions.
Gemma handles a full range of commercial contract and company disputes, including injunctions, restrictive covenant disputes, shareholder and director disputes (including unfair prejudice petitions), minority shareholder disputes, company restorations by way of court and administrative restorations, and banking litigation.
Gemma is developing her practice in civil fraud and asset recovery and also heads up the firm’s Commercial Debt Recovery Unit. She advises clients on recovering debts, which includes County Court/High Court and insolvency proceedings, together with the enforcement of judgments, both in and outside of the jurisdiction.

Over the coming months all eyes will be on the development of the area of ‘disclosure’ and the way in which that task is undertaken if the Disclosure Working Committee’s proposal for a mandatory disclosure pilot scheme goes ahead. The rationale behind the proposal is understandable. For anyone involved in commercial proceedings, disclosure is arguably …

What was this case about? Ms Tillman began her employment with Egon Zehnder (EZ) in 2004, pursuant to a written contract of employment. The contract included (as you would expect) post-termination restrictive covenants, which provided: “You shall not, during the course of your employment, directly or indirectly, hold or have any interest in, any shares …

With effect from 1 October 2017 a new Pre-Action Protocol for Debt Claims will come into force. The new protocol comes as part of the ever increasing encouragement from the Courts for parties to engage in constructive communications with one another, and possibly even pre-action ADR, as well as exchanging information with one another, before …

Breaches of employment contracts happen every day – being vigilant and making employment contracts water tight is critical. St Albans dispute resolution solicitor Gemma Newing provides a six-step guide to protecting your business. 1. Seek legal advice at the earliest opportunity The relationship between your employees and your customers is key to the success of …

So what happens when an employee leaves for a competitor taking not only a database of clients, but also confidential information about the company’s products? We all think it won’t happen to us, but unfortunately the litigation team (as well as colleagues in the employment law team) see this happening quite regularly – let me …

Changes to the Personal Insolvency debt threshold have recently been announced which are due to come into effect in October 2015. The proposed changes would mark a significant shift in the options available to creditors pursuing debtors for relatively small debts, and have received mixed views. How the land lies currently The current system entitles …

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